CTPAA
Board Member Rosa Gatti to Receive Award from
CoSIDACTPAA board member Rosa Gatti,
senior vice president, corporate communications and outreach,
ESPN, Inc., has been selected to receive the 2003 Keith Jackson
Eternal Flame Award by the College Sports Information Directors
of America (CoSIDA). The Keith Jackson Eternal Flame Award is
presented to an individual who has made a lasting contribution
to intercollegiate athletics and has been a loyal supporter of
CoSIDA and its mission. The award will be presented to Gatti
during CoSIDA's annual workshop, which is being held in
Cleveland, Ohio from June 30-July 3.

Gatti has
been responsible for ESPN's public relations since July 1980
when she joined the then one-network in its first year of
operation as director, communications. In the early years of
ESPN, Gatti and her staff worked to build the communications
department. Gatti served on the policy committee to help develop
company guidelines and in 1992, she established ESPN's diversity
committee to increase awareness of diversity issues in the
workplace. Gatti also played a fundamental role in establishing
relationships with ESPN's parent companies, ABC Cable Networks
and The Walt Disney Companies. Recently promoted to senior vice
president for corporate communications and outreach, Gatti is
the investor relations liaison with The Walt Disney Company and
is responsible for corporate outreach initiatives such as
corporate funding, cause marketing initiatives, and employee
volunteerism.

Before Gatti
joined ESPN, she spent four years as the sports information
director (SID) at Brown University. Gatti began her career in
sports publicity and public relations at Villanova University,
also her alma mater. Upon graduation, Gatti quickly rose from
secretary in the sports information office to become the first
female SID of a NCAA major division university.

In addition
to serving on the CTPAA board of directors, Gatti is a member of
the board of directors for The V Foundation for Cancer Research
and Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT).

Support the Emma L. Bowen
Foundation!

If you
missed the Silent Auction at FORUM 2003, you still have a chance
to help benefit the Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority
Interests in Media, Inc. The items below are up for bid, so take
a look and treat yourself or someone else to one of these
goodies! If interested, please contact Sarah Mockler at services@ctpaa.org or
202/775-1081.

CTPAA
donates all proceeds from the Silent Auction to the Emma L.
Bowen Foundation each year. The Foundation is dedicated
to offering minority students the support, education, and skills
needed to obtain jobs in the media industry.

-2 tickets to Late Night with
Conan O'Brien, donated by
NBCSuggested bid: $60

CTPAA Board Meets at National
Show

During Cable
2003, popularly know as the National Show within the
industry, CTPAA will hold a regularly scheduled meeting of the
board of directors. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June
10th from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m. in room S501A of the
McCormick Place convention center located at 2301 South Lake
Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60616. The major items on the
agenda will be the progress individual board level committees
are making toward fulfilling goals in the association's strategic
plan.

Time Warner Cable Minnesota Youth Service
Award

Five young
people were recently honored as Time Warner Youth Service Award
winners for their outstanding service to their communities. The
five were chosen out of more than 50 individuals nominated for
an award. The awards were presented in partnership with
Achieve!Minneapolis, Junior Achievement and Metro District 4-H.
The event was highlighted with a keynote address from United
States Representative Mark Kennedy.

"Rarely do
the good deeds performed by young people receive the credit they
deserve," said Eric Brown, Time Warner Cable Minnesota division
president. "That's why we founded the Timer Warner Youth Service
Awards, to provide that recognition through an awards program
and presentation of our winners on local cable
television."

The winners
Suhur Ahmed, Michelle Morris, Nisha Fernandez, Brandi
Shingledecker and Tou Vang each received a $1000 U.S. Savings
Bond and $500 was donated in their name to each individual's
designated charity. Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and United
States Representatives Jim Ramstad and Kenndy awarded
certificates of recognition to each individual.

NAMIC Executive Leadership Development
Program

Applications
for the third class of NAMIC's
Executive Leadership Development Program are currently being
accepted. The program is targeted to upper middle managers of
color whose performance and potential clearly point them toward
executive positions in the future. It is designed to help
identify and nurture high potential managers of color; build and
strengthen their skills, in preparation for senior positions;
provide useful tools to help meet the unique challenges
confronting people of color in business today; and assist
industry retention efforts for management of color.

The
University of California at Los Angeles' (UCLA) Anderson
Graduate School of Management will host the third class as
NAMIC's academic partner. The Anderson school is a pioneer in
the area of executive development programs aimed at specific
populations, such as African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans
and others. UCLA's office of executive education developed the
customized program specifically for managers of color in the
cable and telecommunications industry as its primary
focus.

Thirty seats
are available for the 2003-2004 class. Tuition for all four
sessions is $9,500 plus travel, lodging and related expenses.
Meals will be provided as part of the program's overall
amenities. Applications are due by August 1, 2003. For
additional information, please contact Kathy Johnson, Executive
Director, NAMIC at 714/371-4077.

ESPN employees joined the Walt Disney
Company's Operation Uplift, a volunteer project that
gives employees the opportunity to send messages of
encouragement and appreciation to United States men and women in
the armed services. Juliet Gilliam, director, corporate
outreach, ESPN, announced the program as "a great opportunity
for employees to reach out to our troops and let our fans know
someone is thinking of them."

Disney's Operation Uplift was founded
in 1995 during Operation Desert Storm in an effort to express
appreciation to troops overseas from people back in the States.
For more information, contact Alison Lazar at alison.lazar@espn.com.